Launch Party for Local Author Eric Rickstad

Submitted by ngeorge@northsh... on Fri, 09/08/2017 - 8:52am

Launch Party for local author Eric Rickstad

The Names of Dead Girls

Friday, September 15th 6:00 pm

We don’t throw parties for every new book release but when a local author hand delivers an ARC (advanced readers copy) and our booksellers fight over it, we know it’s likely worth toasting to! Stop in and help us celebrate! We'll kick off the night at 6:00 pm with wine, soft drinks and small bites. At 7:00 enjoy an author presentation followed by Q&A and a book signing. Eric is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. The Names of Dead Girls is the much-anticipated sequel to The Silent Girls and it does NOT disappoint! The story once again features detectives Frank Rath and Sonja Test as they track a depraved killer through rural Vermont. Here’s the synopsis from Eric’s website:

Every murder tells a story. Some stories never end . . .

In a remote northern Vermont town, college student Rachel Rath is being watched. She can feel the stranger's eyes on her, relentless and possessive. And she's sure the man watching her is the same man who killed her mother and father years ago: Ned Preacher, a serial rapist and murderer who gamed the system to get a light sentence. Now, he's free.

Detective Frank Rath adopted Rachel, his niece, after the shocking murder of her parents when she was a baby. Ever since, Rath's tried to protect her from the true story of her parents' deaths. But now Preacher is calling Rath to torment him. He's threatening Rachel and plotting cruelties for her, of the flesh and of the mind. When other girls are found brutally murdered, and a woman goes missing, Rath and Detective Sonja Test must untangle the threads that tie these new crimes and some long-ago nightmares together. Soon they will learn that the truth is more perverse than anyone could guess, rife with secrets, cruel desires, and warped, deadly loyalty.

Mesmerizing, startling, and intricately plotted, The Names of Dead Girls builds relentlessly on its spellbinding premise, luring readers into its dark and macabre mystery, right to its shocking end.

About Eric

Eric Rickstad is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS, THE SILENT GIRLS, LIE IN WAIT, and REAP, novels heralded as supremely suspenseful, intelligent, profound, disturbing and heartbreaking. They have been translated into many languages worldwide. He lives in Vermont.